Chapter 752

Selene nodded, her eyes thoughtful.

“She is.”

“What happened to her if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Honestly, we aren’t sure,” Selene said as she started towards the corridor. I followed after her. “It happened shortly after Lila’s birth. She used to be so vocal… her voice was the most soothing thing I had ever heard. But then she just stopped…”

“And you never figured out why?” I didn’t mean for my tone to sound accusatory, and I wished I could swallow it back down. Selene didn’t seem to take any offence over it, though.

She just shook her head, a sad expression on her face.

“We tried all we could… eventually, it learned to live with the new normal,” she explained. “Come on… let me show you around further so we can give the men some time to talk further.”

I glanced over my shoulder at the closed dining hall door. Biting my lip, I nodded and followed Selene

further away.

Gavin’s POV

hall was empty without the others, but it didn’t feel any lighter. If anything, the silence pressed harder now that I was alone with Zachary Backwell. The man hadn’t moved from his seat at the head of the table, posture straight, hands folded neatly

I suppose it was.

said at last, his voice calm, almost conversational. “He never


his time was being wasted, he would have been gone. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before I make my judgments. He always said that would

you didn’t invite

slight chuckle

for a long time, but I wasn’t

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Chapter 752

ever seen it and all without the help of your father.

father with a man who turned his back on

point,” I said, my voice

back in

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know it wasn’t your fault as to how it ended up in your family. You were a teenager when it happened. The feud that formed between our families died with your father,

trust him, but his words were sincere, so


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